Sagaing Fault
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The Sagaing Fault is a major continental transform fault in Myanmar that accommodates much of the tectonic motion between the Burma Plate and the Sunda Plate, making it a significant source of regional seismic activity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sagaing Fault canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9005241 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sagaing Fault Context triple: [Burma Plate, associatedWithStructure, Sagaing Fault]
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A.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
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B.
Fairweather Fault
The Fairweather Fault is a major strike-slip fault in southeastern Alaska that forms part of the Pacific–North American plate boundary and is associated with significant seismic activity.
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C.
Teton fault
The Teton fault is a major normal fault in northwestern Wyoming that has uplifted the dramatic Teton Range and shaped the adjacent Jackson Hole valley.
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D.
Gloria Fault
The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.
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E.
Limagne fault
The Limagne fault is a major geological fault system in central France that forms part of the Limagne graben and helps define the tectonic setting of the Chaîne des Puys volcanic region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sagaing Fault Target entity description: The Sagaing Fault is a major continental transform fault in Myanmar that accommodates much of the tectonic motion between the Burma Plate and the Sunda Plate, making it a significant source of regional seismic activity.
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A.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
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B.
Fairweather Fault
The Fairweather Fault is a major strike-slip fault in southeastern Alaska that forms part of the Pacific–North American plate boundary and is associated with significant seismic activity.
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C.
Teton fault
The Teton fault is a major normal fault in northwestern Wyoming that has uplifted the dramatic Teton Range and shaped the adjacent Jackson Hole valley.
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D.
Gloria Fault
The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.
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E.
Limagne fault
The Limagne fault is a major geological fault system in central France that forms part of the Limagne graben and helps define the tectonic setting of the Chaîne des Puys volcanic region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continental fault
ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ transform fault ⓘ |
| accommodatesMotionBetween |
Burma Plate
ⓘ
Sunda Plate ⓘ |
| affects |
infrastructure in central Myanmar
ⓘ
population centres along its trace ⓘ |
| approximateLength | ~1200 km ⓘ |
| associatedWith | shallow crustal earthquakes ⓘ |
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| displacementRate | on the order of tens of millimetres per year ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | northern Myanmar ⓘ |
| extendsTo | southern Myanmar ⓘ |
| faultZoneWidth | several kilometres ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Cenozoic activity ⓘ |
| hasEarthquakePotential | large damaging earthquakes ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
central Sagaing Fault segment
ⓘ
northern Sagaing Fault segment ⓘ southern Sagaing Fault segment ⓘ |
| isMajorSourceOf | regional seismic activity in Myanmar ⓘ |
| isMonitoredBy | seismological networks in Myanmar ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | tectonics of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| knownFor | high seismic risk to major Myanmar cities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Burma Plate
ⓘ
Sunda Plate boundary region ⓘ
linked to:
Sunda Plate
|
| motionType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| movementStyle | horizontal displacement dominated ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly north-south ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Irrawaddy River ⓘ |
| partOf | plate boundary system between India, Burma, and Sunda plates ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryType | transform ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| riskType | earthquake hazard ⓘ |
| runsNear |
Bago
ⓘ
Mandalay ⓘ Sagaing ⓘ Yangon ⓘ |
| runsThrough | central Myanmar ⓘ |
| seismicHazardFor |
central Myanmar
ⓘ
lower Myanmar ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Myanmar
|
| separates |
central lowlands of Myanmar
ⓘ
eastern highlands of Myanmar ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | plate boundary between Burma Plate and Sunda Plate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sagaing Fault Description of subject: The Sagaing Fault is a major continental transform fault in Myanmar that accommodates much of the tectonic motion between the Burma Plate and the Sunda Plate, making it a significant source of regional seismic activity.
Referenced by (1)
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